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Comment by Jason D on February 27, 2011 at 2:43pm

The destruction of Fox News is slowly coming by the hand of Jon Stewart.

Comment by GorTheMovieGod on February 26, 2011 at 2:41pm

Bulletstorm = Shit ya

 

I dont know i just wanted to say that

Comment by Cthulhu R'lyeh on February 26, 2011 at 7:55am

Violent media doesnt transform anyone into a violent psychopath. A person who killed because of a video game would have killed someone sooner or later regardless.

Comment by Ha-Ra on February 25, 2011 at 1:16pm

Slowly but surely the "violent games causes violence" mantra will slowly dissipate as the older generation heads off to nursing homes and our generation rises to prominence. It's the same cycle that books, music, film, and television underwent and we will soon see the light as those mediums have.

 

In regards to the game that sparked our latest controversy, Bulletstorm, having played it throughly (and enjoyed it immensely) I can genuinely say that this author's claims were very unsubstantiated (didn't need to tell you that as you heard her batshit logic that claimed "violent video games make people violent, rape is a violent crime, ergo violent video games make people rape"). The game is over-the-top violent, but in the ways we saw in hyper-violent films like Kill Bill, Sin City, the Mariachi films, Machete, Hard Boiled, and Bad Boys 2. The violence itself (somewhat twistingly) becomes a sick, depraved form of art like those other films. I think that's why people have refocused their reticules on the games industry; but years from now people will look at games like Bulletstorm the way they look at any Tarantino-Rodriguez film

Comment by Joshua on February 24, 2011 at 6:44am

You know its becoming more and more common in psychology that playing video games (especially violent ones) are great ways to relieve stress and take a break from the stress of the real world....and they (the media) want to condemn these games!?

Comment by J Smiley on February 23, 2011 at 9:34pm

If I can't have my democratic right to disembowel someone in real life I need my videos games to do it there

Comment by Superbadmike on February 23, 2011 at 4:33pm

Personnaly, nothing relaxes me more after a long stressful day then kicking back and ripping trough a locust with a chainsaw bayonette.

Comment by Pretty in Plague on February 23, 2011 at 11:40am

Holy shit, I think we were just having this debate recently. o__o Well it was more on mental illness and how anyone who's sane isn't going to be 'influenced' by any form of media to do something violent and claim that it 'made them do it'.

 

The problem isn't the content as much as it is the player. And the thing about age restriction is that it really depends more on the mental state of the player rather than the age. But what can ya do? There's really no way we can force people to be evaluated mentally before they can play a video game. We can only actually do something when we pick up obvious signs of them being ill to the point of being dangerous to others. 

Comment by Dr Mercurio Porter on February 23, 2011 at 5:38am

Video games cause violence? Yeah, like, you know, what was the video game the Nazis played before they invaded Poland? - David Cross

Comment by David on February 23, 2011 at 4:50am

My argument concerning violence in videogames is the same as far as violence in movies - it's there because we enjoy seeing it. We enjoy it because none of us (hopefully) will ever experience that ourselves. I'm never going to decapitate anyone or send a grenade flying at them. Never. You can't prove a thing. Destruction and violence is entertaining, thus it exists and thrives. Grass grows because sun shines.

 

And as far as people who complain that violent videogames breed violent kids/teens, that's bullshit. Videogames are an outlet for frustration and anger, which is why shooting and slicing up things is fun. The hate and dysfunction that makes some depressed kid shoot up his school wasn't put there by a game.